Photography - Daily Photos 2009 - dakotacowboy's Photos

This gallery is part of the Daily Photo Community that attempts to post a photo every day.
In the short time that I have participated, I have enjoyed reading comments (and rereading comments from days past) and viewing other's galleries for ideas and inspiration.

All images ©Copyright Duane A. Bender 2009.

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dakotacowboy > November 6, 2009 - "Adrift"

– Afloat and unattached in anyway to the shore or seabed, but not under way.

dakotacowboy > November 5, 2009 - "Artists Paint Pot"

(Thanks for taking the time to comment on my redone photo yesterday - I really enjoyed reading your input and thoughts)

This pot even had a tree branch for the artist to use for broad brush strokes. Maybe this is where the paint came from for the Yellowstone Grand Canyon.

This was shot at the Artists Paintpots area in Yellowstone. It's about a one mile round trip hike that should be taken if you get the chance.

A side note - it is easy to forget that you are walking on top of a volcano while in Yellowstone - from a March 2008 article "Yellowstone National Park officials have temporarily closed public access to the Artists' Paint Pots thermal area after a visitor broke through a patch of thin crust and received burns to one of her legs"

dakotacowboy > November 4, 2009 - "Yellowstone River Revisted"

Our newly formed local camera club had its first "critique" session on Monday evening. We each submitted 3 images for review that evening. It was pretty interesting and helpful getting improvement suggestions. A photo I used was the daily post "Yellowstone River".

http://dakotacowboy.smugmug.com/Photography/Daily-Photos-2009/5146058_rXqrj/1/692513312_XwhFT

One of the most frequent suggestions was to show more of the rocks and the area above the rapids. Also, maybe cropping out the rock on the left and slower shutter speed to create a smooth water effect.

This is another shot (not as tight) that I took at the same location. Any comments or suggestions on the new scene or/versus the previous post would be appreciated.

(try looking at X2 or larger per comment from Richard)

dakotacowboy > November 3, 2009 - "Tracking"

The people in the boat appeared to be tracking something. They had a monitor that they were viewing while moving the antenna.

The reflection in front of the wake is of Mt. Moran in the Grand Tetons.

dakotacowboy > November 2, 2009 - "Home For Dinner"

This was shot late yesterday afternoon. With the time change, the golfers had to finish up earlier than usual.

dakotacowboy > November 1, 2009 - "Sunny Day"

Saturday dawned a beautiful clear day after recent rain and gray days. This is my first post with my new D90 using bracketing and HDR processing.

I had noticed this bird fishing the past few days whenever I drove by this pond. So the bird was actually there Saturday morning when I took my gear to get a shot!

THANKS everyone for the great input on yesterdays Yellowstone "flipped" image. It is so good to get the comments that express so clearly different aspects, views and possible improvements relative to the image. The critique was very constructive and I really appreciate it. This will certainly help me in the future.

dakotacowboy > October 31, 2009 - "Classic Yellowstone"

This is one of my favorite scenes shot a couple of weeks ago in Yellowstone National Park.

I tried something new for me on this one. I flipped the image to try to draw the viewer to focus first on the bison and then left to right to the mountains. Logically this sounds like a better image flow to me. However,since I know how I shot the original real scene, the new image does not seem quite right.

I would be interested in any thoughts on this. The non-inverted shot is at

http://dakotacowboy.smugmug.com/Photography/Daily-Photo-Proof-Alternates/8374515_pozc7/1/693288877_Wsg9P

dakotacowboy > October 30. 2009 - "Slice Of Italy"

Yesterday, I ran across this photo that I shot in Cinque Terre (10/25/07) and thought it would add a little color to a rainy day that we were having (still having) here in North Texas. While this was shot on an overcast rain day in Italy, the bright colors made up for it:)

dakotacowboy > October 29, 2009 - "Black Sand Basin"

OOPS! apologies for repost, accidentally added another photo to the gallery. (620pm cdst)

Black Sand Basin is one of Yellowstone's most colorful geothermal features. The basin is located in the Old Faithful area, a short hike on a paved trail from the the Old Faithful visitor center. It was a clear and cold day.

My wife's gallery from our Yellowstone trip is now up at

http://dakotacowboy.smugmug.com/Travel/Wyoming/Grand-Teton-And-Yellowstone/10042023_UFnaC/1/688057582_J2tUA

November 6, 2009 - "Adrift"

– Afloat and unattached in anyway to the shore or seabed, but not under way.

> November 6, 2009 - "Adrift"

– Afloat and unattached in anyway to the shore or seabed, but not under way.

November 6, 2009 - "Adrift"

– Afloat and unattached in anyway to the shore or seabed, but not under way.

Camera: Nikon Corporation (Nikon D40) |

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Original size: 2490px x 1992px |

Current: 375px x 300px |

Other sizes: Small • M • L |

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